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Jensen AJ, Marneweck CJ, Kilgo JC, Jachowski DS. Coyote diet in North America: geographic and ecological patterns during range expansion. Mamm Rev 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/mam.12299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Alex J. Jensen
- Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation Clemson University Clemson South Carolina 29631 USA
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation Clemson University Clemson South Carolina 29631 USA
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- USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station New Ellenton South Carolina 29809 USA
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- Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation Clemson University Clemson South Carolina 29631 USA
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Persistence of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) latrines and its implication for monitoring programs. J Nat Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2021.126021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Tobajas J, Descalzo E, Villafuerte R, Jimenez J, Mateo R, Ferreras P. Conditioned odor aversion as a tool for reducing post‐release predation during animal translocations. Anim Conserv 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/acv.12643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- J. Tobajas
- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC)CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCM Ronda de Toledo 12 Ciudad Real13071Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC)CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCM Ronda de Toledo 12 Ciudad Real13071Spain
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- Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA‐CSIC) Campo Santo de los Mártires 7 Córdoba14004Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC)CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCM Ronda de Toledo 12 Ciudad Real13071Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC)CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCM Ronda de Toledo 12 Ciudad Real13071Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC)CSIC‐UCLM‐JCCM Ronda de Toledo 12 Ciudad Real13071Spain
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Garrote G, Bueno JF, Ruiz M, De Lillo S, Martin JM, Moral M, Simón MA. Breaking barriers: Iberian Lynx Lynx pardinus Temminck, 1827 (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) colonizing Olive groves. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2020. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.4829.12.2.15221-15228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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In recent years, the Andújar-Cardeña Iberian Lynx Lynx pardinus population has grown both in number and in occupied surface area. This feline has spread into areas surrounding existing population nuclei and occupied new habitats including human-dominated areas and tree crops. Here we describe this colonization process and the evolution of the Iberian Lynx populations in the Olive Olea europaea groves that surround typical Lynx scrub habitats in Andújar-Cardeña. Our findings were obtained through radio-tracking, camera trapping and European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus monitoring. Two colonized areas—Zocueca and Marmolejo-Montoro—were identified in which Olive cultivation is predominant. Since 2011, a total of 45 and 50 different individuals have been detected in Zocueca and Marmolejo-Montoro, respectively. At present, 19 individuals are known to live in Zocueca and 29 in Marmolejo-Montoro. The main cause of mortality is road-kills. Our results suggest that the Iberian Lynx is capable of colonizing human-modified areas such as agricultural land provided that they can support high-density Rabbit populations and the causes of non-natural mortality are minimized.
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Alfaya P, Invernón A, Alonso G. Iberian Lynx Lynx pardinus Temminck, 1827 (Mammalia: Carnivora: Felidae) in central Spain: trophic niche of an isolated population. JOURNAL OF THREATENED TAXA 2020. [DOI: 10.11609/jott.5506.12.2.15229-15237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Understanding predator-prey relationships is fundamental to develop effective conservation plans. Between 2015 and 2018, we combed 21 transects, each 7km long, searching for Iberian Lynx Lynx pardinus scat within the province of Madrid in central Spain. In order to minimise inherent subjectivity of visual identification as much as possible, we performed a double specific nested polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by a primer extension assay addressed to two Iberian Lynx diagnostic single nucleotide polymorphisms. Forty-six scat samples were positively identified as belonging to Iberian Lynx through genetic analysis. From these, we extracted remains of consumed prey, which we determined to the lowest possible taxonomic level, mainly through hair identification. Identified prey was divided into four types: lagomorphs, small mammals, birds, and ungulates. The species’ diet composition was described based on the frequency of occurrence (FO) of each prey and niche breadth, and also compared with prior knowledge of the species using four prior studies as a comparative reference through the calculation of the niche overlap value. The FO of lagomorphs (39%) was the lowest, while the FO of small mammals (54%) was the highest recorded to date. The niche breath (0.36) was higher than recorded in prior studies, but still showing the specialist character of the Iberian Lynx. Niche overlap was low (C = 0.49), showing differences in trophic niche between the population in our study area and the one studied in southern Spain. This indicates that the Iberian Lynx is adept at switching its main prey, an ability that has previously been firmly rejected. It is, however, capable of adapting to alternative prey more often than recorded to date, which could be a behavioural response to the patchy distribution of European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus in the study area.
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Garrote G, Fernández-López J, Rojas E, López G, Simón MA. Planning the peninsula-wide recovery of the Iberian lynx: identification of favourable habitat areas. MAMMALIA 2020. [DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2019-0052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The creation of new populations through reintroductions in their former range is still necessary for the long-term conservation of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus). A large-scale assessment of habitat suitability is a necessary prerequisite for evaluating the possibility of carrying out lynx reintroductions. We modelled habitat suitability for the Iberian lynx in the Iberian Peninsula using MaxEnt. Lynx presence data for 2010–2013 from Andujar-Cardeña and Doñana populations were used. Habitat variables were quantified using the CORINE Land Cover. This habitat suitability model predicted an environmentally suitable area of 87,747 km2, which represents 14.08% of the whole Iberian Peninsula. Of the total suitable habitat identified, 45% is located in a large continuous area in the south-western quadrant coinciding with the historical range of the species in the mid-20th century. However, there are also relevant patches mainly in the north-eastern quadrant. About 55% of the potential area suitable for the lynx falls outside protected areas. If Iberian lynx populations are to attain levels that will facilitate their long-term survival, it will be necessary to consider potential habitat for the species throughout the whole of the Iberian Peninsula.
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- Germán Garrote
- Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía, c/Johann Gutenberg s/n, Isla de la Cartuja , 41092 , Seville , Spain
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- Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid–CSIC , Madrid , Spain
- Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas , Universidad Complutense de Madrid , Madrid , Spain
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- Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía, c/Johann Gutenberg s/n, Isla de la Cartuja , 41092 , Seville , Spain
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- Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía, c/Johann Gutenberg s/n, Isla de la Cartuja , 41092 , Seville , Spain
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- Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía, c/Doctor Eduardo García-Triviño López , 15. 23009 , Jaén , Spain
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Encarnação C, Medinas D, Alves PC, Mira A. Does short‐term habitat management for the European rabbit (
Oryctolagus cuniculus
) have lasting effects? Ecol Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/1440-1703.1064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Cláudia Encarnação
- Unidade de Biologia da Conservação, Departamento de BiologiaUniversidade de Évora Évora Portugal
- CIBIO/UE—Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos/InBIO, Polo de ÉvoraUniversidade de Évora Évora Portugal
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- Unidade de Biologia da Conservação, Departamento de BiologiaUniversidade de Évora Évora Portugal
- CIBIO/UE—Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos/InBIO, Polo de ÉvoraUniversidade de Évora Évora Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia da Faculdade de Ciências do Porto and CIBIO—Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos/InBIOUniversidade do Porto Vairão Portugal
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- Unidade de Biologia da Conservação, Departamento de BiologiaUniversidade de Évora Évora Portugal
- CIBIO/UE—Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos/InBIO, Polo de ÉvoraUniversidade de Évora Évora Portugal
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Rosalino LM, Guedes D, Cabecinha D, Serronha A, Grilo C, Santos-Reis M, Monterroso P, Carvalho J, Fonseca C, Pardavila X, Virgós E, Hipólito D. Climate and landscape changes as driving forces for future range shift in southern populations of the European badger. Sci Rep 2019; 9:3155. [PMID: 30816237 PMCID: PMC6395600 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-39713-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Human-Induced Rapid Environmental Change (HIREC), particularly climate change and habitat conversion, affects species distributions worldwide. Here, we aimed to (i) assess the factors that determine range patterns of European badger (Meles meles) at the southwestern edge of their distribution and (ii) forecast the possible impacts of future climate and landcover changes on those patterns. We surveyed 272 cells of 5 × 5 km, to assess badger presence and confirmed its occurrence in 95 cells (35%). Our models estimate that badger’s presence is promoted by the occurrence of herbaceous fields and shrublands (5%–10%), and low proportions of Eucalyptus plantations (<~15%). Regions with >50% of podzols and eruptive rocks, higher sheep/goat density (>4 ind/km2), an absence of cattle, intermediate precipitation regimes (800–1000 mm/year) and mild mean temperatures (15–16 °C) are also more likely to host badgers. We predict a decrease in favourability of southern areas for hosting badgers under forecasted climate and landcover change scenarios, which may lead to a northwards retraction of the species southern distribution limit, but the overall landscape favourability is predicted to slightly increase. The forecasted retraction may affect community functional integrity, as its role in southern ecological networks will be vacant.
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- Luís M Rosalino
- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal. .,cE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- cE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- cE3c- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal.,Wildlife Ecology & Health group (WE&H) and Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge (SEFaS), Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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- Área de Ecoloxía, Departamento de Bioloxía Funcional, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Facultade de Bioloxía - Rúa Lope Gómez de Marzoa, s/n. Campus sur., 15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- ESCET, Departamento de Biología, Geología, Física y Química Inorgánica, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, C/Tulipán s/n., 28933, Móstoles, Spain
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- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal
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Verwijmeren M, Smit C, Bautista S, Wassen MJ, Rietkerk M. Combined Grazing and Drought Stress Alter the Outcome of Nurse: Beneficiary Interactions in a Semi-arid Ecosystem. Ecosystems 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s10021-019-00336-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Gordon IJ, Prins HHT, Mallon J, Puk LD, Miranda EBP, Starling-Manne C, van der Wal R, Moore B, Foley W, Lush L, Maestri R, Matsuda I, Clauss M. The Ecology of Browsing and Grazing in Other Vertebrate Taxa. THE ECOLOGY OF BROWSING AND GRAZING II 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-25865-8_15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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When more is less: the negative effect of European rabbit release upon local warren occupancy. Acta Ethol 2018. [DOI: 10.1007/s10211-018-0286-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Integrating space and time in predator-prey studies: The case of wildcats and rabbits in SE Spain. Mamm Biol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2017.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Monterroso P, Garrote G, Serronha A, Santos E, Delibes-Mateos M, Abrantes J, Perez de Ayala R, Silvestre F, Carvalho J, Vasco I, Lopes AM, Maio E, Magalhães MJ, Mills LS, Esteves PJ, Simón MÁ, Alves PC. Disease-mediated bottom-up regulation: An emergent virus affects a keystone prey, and alters the dynamics of trophic webs. Sci Rep 2016; 6:36072. [PMID: 27796353 PMCID: PMC5086860 DOI: 10.1038/srep36072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/10/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Emergent diseases may alter the structure and functioning of ecosystems by creating new biotic interactions and modifying existing ones, producing cascading processes along trophic webs. Recently, a new variant of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV2 or RHDVb) arguably caused widespread declines in a keystone prey in Mediterranean ecosystems - the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). We quantitatively assess the impact of RHDV2 on natural rabbit populations and in two endangered apex predator populations: the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) and the Spanish Imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti). We found 60–70% declines in rabbit populations, followed by decreases of 65.7% in Iberian lynx and 45.5% in Spanish Imperial eagle fecundities. A revision of the web of trophic interactions among rabbits and their dependent predators suggests that RHDV2 acts as a keystone species, and may steer Mediterranean ecosystems to management-dependent alternative states, dominated by simplified mesopredator communities. This model system stresses the importance of diseases as functional players in the dynamics of trophic webs.
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- Pedro Monterroso
- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía, C/Johan G. Gutenberg. 1, 41092, Seville, Spain
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- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Av. da República, 161050-191, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.,IESA-CSIC, Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados, Plz Campo Santo de los Mártires. 7, 14004 Córdoba, Spain
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- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Fundación CBD-Habitat, C/ Gustavo Fernández Balbuena 2, Entreplanta, Oficina A, 28002, Madrid, Spain
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- ANPC, Associação Nacional Proprietários Rurais, Gestão Cinegética e Biodiversidade, R. Mestre Lima de Freitas, 1-5°, 1549-012, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas, Av. da República, 161050-191, Lisbon, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal
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- Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal
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- Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía, C/ Doctor Eduardo García-Triviño López 15, 23071 Jaén, Spain
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- CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661, Vairão, Portugal.,Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, R. Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007, Porto, Portugal.,Wildlife Biology Program, University of Montana, 32 Campus Drive, Missoula, MT 59812, USA
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Ziege M, Babitsch D, Brix M, Kriesten S, Straskraba S, Wenninger S, Wronski T, Plath M. Extended diurnal activity patterns of European rabbits along a rural-to-urban gradient. Mamm Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2016.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Invasive pythons, not anthropogenic stressors, explain the distribution of a keystone species. Biol Invasions 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-016-1221-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Guerrero-Casado J, Carpio AJ, Tortosa FS. Recent negative trends of wild rabbit populations in southern Spain after the arrival of the new variant of the rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus RHDV2. Mamm Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2016.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ziege M, Bierbach D, Bischoff S, Brandt AL, Brix M, Greshake B, Merker S, Wenninger S, Wronski T, Plath M. Importance of latrine communication in European rabbits shifts along a rural-to-urban gradient. BMC Ecol 2016; 16:29. [PMID: 27301694 PMCID: PMC4908761 DOI: 10.1186/s12898-016-0083-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2015] [Accepted: 05/23/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Information transfer in mammalian communication networks is often based on the deposition of excreta in latrines. Depending on the intended receiver(s), latrines are either formed at territorial boundaries (between-group communication) or in core areas of home ranges (within-group communication). The relative importance of both types of marking behavior should depend, amongst other factors, on population densities and social group sizes, which tend to differ between urban and rural wildlife populations. Our study is the first to assess (direct and indirect) anthropogenic influences on mammalian latrine-based communication networks along a rural-to-urban gradient in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) living in urban, suburban and rural areas in and around Frankfurt am Main (Germany). Results The proportion of latrines located in close proximity to the burrow was higher at rural study sites compared to urban and suburban ones. At rural sites, we found the largest latrines and highest latrine densities close to the burrow, suggesting that core marking prevailed. By contrast, latrine dimensions and densities increased with increasing distance from the burrow in urban and suburban populations, suggesting a higher importance of peripheral marking. Conclusions Increased population densities, but smaller social group sizes in urban rabbit populations may lead to an increased importance of between-group communication and thus, favor peripheral over core marking. Our study provides novel insights into the manifold ways by which man-made habitat alterations along a rural-to-urban gradient directly and indirectly affect wildlife populations, including latrine-based communication networks.
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- Madlen Ziege
- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60439, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
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- Department of Biology and Ecology of Fishes, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Müggelseedamm 310, 12587, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60439, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60439, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60439, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department for Applied Bioinformatics, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60439, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Zoology, State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, 70191, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Ecology and Evolution, Goethe University Frankfurt, Max-von-Laue-Str. 13, 60439, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Bristol Zoological Society, Conservation Science, Clifton, Bristol, BS8 3HA, UK
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Northwest A&F University, Yangling, 712100, Shaanxi, China
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Gastón A, Blázquez-Cabrera S, Garrote G, Mateo-Sánchez MC, Beier P, Simón MA, Saura S. Response to agriculture by a woodland species depends on cover type and behavioural state: insights from resident and dispersing Iberian lynx. J Appl Ecol 2016. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Aitor Gastón
- Department of Natural Systems and Resources; ECOGESFOR Research Group; ETSI Montes; Forestal y del Medio Natural; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Ciudad Universitaria s/n 28040 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Natural Systems and Resources; ECOGESFOR Research Group; ETSI Montes; Forestal y del Medio Natural; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Ciudad Universitaria s/n 28040 Madrid Spain
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- Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía; c/Johan Gutenberg s/n Isla de la Cartuja 41092 Sevilla Spain
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- Department of Forest and Environmental Management and Engineering; ECOGESFOR Research Group; ETSI Montes; Forestal y del Medio Natural; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Ciudad Universitaria s/n 28040 Madrid Spain
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- School of Forestry; Northern Arizona University; P.O. Box 15018 Flagstaff AZ 86011 USA
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- Consejería de Medio Ambiente de la Junta de Andalucía; c/Doctor Eduardo García-Triviño López, 15 23009 Jaén Spain
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- Department of Natural Systems and Resources; ECOGESFOR Research Group; ETSI Montes; Forestal y del Medio Natural; Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Ciudad Universitaria s/n 28040 Madrid Spain
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Carreras-Duro J, Moleón M, Barea-Azcón JM, Ballesteros-Duperón E, Virgós E. Optimization of sampling effort in carnivore surveys based on signs: A regional-scale study in a Mediterranean area. Mamm Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2015.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Torres-Porras J, Fernández-Llario P, Carranza J, Mateos C. Conifer plantations negatively affect density of wild boars in a Mediterranean ecosystem. FOLIA ZOOLOGICA 2015. [DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v64.i1.a3.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Innovación en Gestión y Conservación de Ungulados S.L. C/ Diego María Crehuet, 29, 4ªD, 10002 Cáceres, Spain
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- Ungulate Research Unit, CRCP, University of Córdoba, 14071 Córdoba, Spain;,
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- Biology and Ethology, University of Extremadura, 10071 Cáceres, Spain
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Grain sowing aimed at wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus L. enhancement in Mediterranean environments. J Nat Conserv 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2014.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Arellano L, Castillo-Guevara C. Efecto de los incendios forestales no controlados en el ensamble de escarabajos coprófagos (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) en un bosque templado del centro de México. REV MEX BIODIVERS 2014. [DOI: 10.7550/rmb.41756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Guil F, Higuero R, Moreno-Opo R. European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) restocking: Effects on abundance and spatial distribution. WILDLIFE SOC B 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/wsb.440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Francisco Guil
- Tragsatec; Biodiversity Area, C/Julián Camarillo 6B 28017 Madrid Spain
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- Tragsatec; Biodiversity Area, C/Julián Camarillo 6B 28017 Madrid Spain
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- Tragsatec; Biodiversity Area, C/Julián Camarillo 6B 28017 Madrid Spain
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Carpio AJ, Guerrero-Casado J, Ruiz-Aizpurua L, Vicente J, Tortosa FS. The high abundance of wild ungulates in a Mediterranean region: is this compatible with the European rabbit? WILDLIFE BIOLOGY 2014. [DOI: 10.2981/wlb.13113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Delibes-Mateos M, Ferreira C, Rouco C, Villafuerte R, Barrio IC. Conservationists, hunters and farmers: the European rabbit O
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management conflict in the Iberian Peninsula. Mamm Rev 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/mam.12022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Miguel Delibes-Mateos
- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC; CSIC-UCLM-JCCM); Ronda de Toledo s/n 13071 Ciudad Real Spain
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- Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC; CSIC-UCLM-JCCM); Ronda de Toledo s/n 13071 Ciudad Real Spain
- CIBIO; Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos; Universidade do Porto; Campus Agrário de Vairão 4485-661 Vairão Portugal
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- Ecology and Wildlife Epidemiology; Landcare Research; PO Box 282 9340 Alexandra New Zealand
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- Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA-CSIC); Campo Santo de los Mártires 7 14004 Córdoba Spain
- Departamento de Zoología; Campus de Rabanales; Universidad de Córdoba; 14071 Córdoba Spain
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- Department of Biological Sciences; University of Alberta; CW405 Biological Sciences Building Edmonton AB T6G 2E9 Canada
- Instituto Pirenaico de Ecologia (CSIC); Avda. Nuestra Señora de la Victoria s/n PO box 64 22700 Jaca Spain
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Quantifying fine-scale resource selection by introduced feral cats to complement management decision-making in ecologically sensitive areas. Biol Invasions 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0635-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Restocking a keystone species in a biodiversity hotspot: Recovering the European rabbit on a landscape scale. J Nat Conserv 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2013.07.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Whitehead AL, Byrom AE, Clayton RI, Pech RP. Removal of livestock alters native plant and invasive mammal communities in a dry grassland–shrubland ecosystem. Biol Invasions 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-013-0565-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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Lozano J, Virgós E, Cabezas-Díaz S. Monitoring European wildcat Felis silvestris populations using scat surveys in central Spain: are population trends related to wild rabbit dynamics or to landscape features? Zool Stud 2013. [DOI: 10.1186/1810-522x-52-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Godinho S, Mestre F, Ferreira JP, Machado R, Santos P. Effectiveness of habitat management in the recovery of low-density populations of wild rabbit. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-013-0738-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Ruiz-Aizpurua L, Planillo A, Carpio AJ, Guerrero-Casado J, Tortosa FS. The use of faecal markers for the delimitation of the European rabbit’s social territories (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.). Acta Ethol 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s10211-013-0146-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Use of different areas of pen by growing rabbits depending on the elevated platforms' floor-type. Animal 2012; 6:650-5. [PMID: 22436282 DOI: 10.1017/s1751731111001819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The addition of platforms to rabbit cages increases their accessible area and provides rabbits greater freedom and mobility. Different types of platforms enable rabbits to situate themselves where they are most comfortable. The objective of this experiment was to analyse preference of growing rabbits between different areas of the pen depending on the elevated platforms' floor-type. Pens with a basic area of 0.84 m2 were equipped with platforms of 0.42 m2. Three types of flooring of the elevated platforms were used as treatments: deep-litter floor and an open wire-net floor (Experiment 1), and a deep-litter floor and a wire-net floor with a manure tray beneath it (Experiment 2). Growing rabbits (n = 168; 42 per treatment) between the ages of 5 and 11 weeks were studied, based on 24 h video recordings from infra-red cameras (one recording per week) applying scan sampling method with a frequency of 30 min. When the platform was deep-litter, significantly (P < 0.001) more rabbits used the area under the platform (53.7% and 54.3% in Experiments 1 and 2, respectively) than stayed on the platform (16.7% and 7.6%). In treatments of wire-net platform with and without tray beneath the platform also significantly (P < 0.001) more rabbits stayed under the platform (43.7% and 34.7%, respectively) than on the platform (19.5% and 29.9%, respectively). The differences from the expected 33.3% staying on the platform or under the platform were significant at least at the level of P < 0.05. The results show that the wire-net platform with the manure tray provides the optimal environment as it leads to the rabbits spreading themselves more evenly in the pen (i.e. the platform expands available floor area) without the risk of soiling from above, and without adverse effects on heat dissipation, and with the possibility of seeking cover when desired.
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Occupancy, colonization and extinction patterns of rabbit populations: implications for Iberian lynx conservation. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2011. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0599-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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Barrientos R, de Dios Miranda J. Can we explain regional abundance and road-kill patterns with variables derived from local-scale road-kill models? Evaluating transferability with the European polecat. DIVERS DISTRIB 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00850.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Navarro-Gonzalez N, Serrano E, Casas-Díaz E, Velarde R, Marco I, Rossi L, Lavín S. Game restocking and the introduction of sarcoptic mange in wild rabbit in north-eastern Spain. Anim Conserv 2010. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00390.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ferreira C, Paupério J, Alves PC. The usefulness of field data and hunting statistics in the assessment of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) conservation status in Portugal. WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2010. [DOI: 10.1071/wr09137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Context. The wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) is a keystone species from the Iberian Peninsula that has suffered a strong decline in Spain during the past decades. Data on historical and current population trends in Portugal are virtually non-existent.
Aims. To investigate changes in rabbit abundance at the national level so as to inform conservation status assessments, and to evaluate the usefulness of hunting bags as a rabbit abundance index.
Methods. Field surveys based on latrine counts in linear transects were performed in two periods (1995 and 2002) to assess variation in population abundance. Hunting bags were also analysed for the same period to verify whether these data showed the same trends. General trends of rabbit abundance were estimated using TRIM software.
Key results. Field data revealed that most of the sampling units across Portugal have low abundances, despite the observation of local high-density spots. A population reduction of 27% was estimated. Although some fluctuations were observed in hunting bags, global results obtained from these data suggest a slightly increasing trend in rabbit abundance.
Conclusions. A discrepancy between field data and hunting statistics was observed. Because hunting bags may be influenced by sporadic management operations undertaken by hunters and the lack of systematic procedures in data collection, we believe that hunting statistics are not representative of real changes in rabbit populations. Thus, observed reduction in rabbit abundance estimated by field data, combined with the high initial morbidity due to rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) after 1988 and the potential for continuing decline in population trends because of other factors, led to an inference of a reduction of >30% in rabbit abundance in Portugal during the past decade.
Implications. Taking into account the estimated reduction, the species’ biology and socioeconomic implications, wild rabbit in Portugal was listed in 2005 in the Near Threatened category under IUCN criteria. Because of its ecological and economic importance, this classification prompted the definition of several conservation actions aimed at the recovery of the species in Portugal.
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Recio MR, Virgós E. Predictive niche modelling to identify potential areas of conflicts between human activities and expanding predator populations: a case study of game management and the grey mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon, in Spain. WILDLIFE RESEARCH 2010. [DOI: 10.1071/wr09096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Context. The grey mongoose, Herpestes ichneumon L., is a protected species in Spain. Populations of grey mongoose are currently increasing in numbers, and potential conflicts with human interests involving predation of small-game species, may arise in the near future.
Aims. We predicted potential suitable areas for the expansion of grey mongoose by using a niche modelling approach to detect areas of conflict with small-game hunting activities.
Methods. We compared these areas with regions in which small-game hunting is an important economic activity. To produce a niche-suitability map we used Maxent and an internal (data-splitting) validation to assess the predictive performance of the model. Areas in which small-game hunting is important were identified by using a rabbit-abundance index.
Key results. On the basis of suitability modelling, populations of grey mongoose will expand into southern and central Spain. The variables with higher predictive power are mainly climatic, although some mosaic habitat types are also important. Internal validation reveals a strong correspondence between predicted and observed records. The overlap of high-suitability areas with areas assigned with a high rabbit-abundance index indicated the existence of large regions of potential conflict with hunting interests.
Conclusions. Predictions of niche modelling can be used to detect conflict areas between expanding species and human interests. As a consequence of the expansion of the grey mongoose, the incidence of non-selective predator control may increase, thereby posing a threat to other protected predators.
Implications. Identified areas of likely conflict should be prioritised to delineate careful management programs in terms of people education, surveying, incentives and the detection of illegal predator-control activities.
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Barrio IC, Bueno CG, Tortosa FS. Improving predictions of the location and use of warrens in sensitive rabbit populations. Anim Conserv 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00268.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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DELIBES-MATEOS MIGUEL, FERRERAS PABLO, VILLAFUERTE RAFAEL. European rabbit population trends and associated factors: a review of the situation in the Iberian Peninsula. Mamm Rev 2009. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2009.00140.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Age and season determine European rabbit habitat use in Mediterranean ecosystems. ACTA OECOLOGICA 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.03.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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LEES ALEXANDERC, BELL DIANAJ. A conservation paradox for the 21st century: the European wild rabbitOryctolagus cuniculus, an invasive alien and an endangered native species. Mamm Rev 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2008.00116.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Dellafiore CM, Gallego Fernández JB, Vallés SM. Habitat use for warren building by European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in relation to landscape structure in a sand dune system. ACTA OECOLOGICA 2008. [DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Is habitat management an effective tool for wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) population reinforcement? EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-007-0169-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cabezas S, Moreno S. An experimental study of translocation success and habitat improvement in wild rabbits. Anim Conserv 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00119.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Fouchet D, Marchandeau S, Bahi-Jaber N, Pontier D. The role of maternal antibodies in the emergence of severe disease as a result of fragmentation. J R Soc Interface 2007; 4:479-89. [PMID: 17251137 PMCID: PMC2373401 DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2006] [Accepted: 11/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Population fragmentation is a major problem for the conservation of mammalian species. Since the spread of an infectious disease is related to the intensity of contacts between individuals, fragmentation destabilizes the way the parasites circulate in their host population. Recently, Zinkernagel has proposed that a reduction in the frequency of infections by a parasite could lead to the emergence of severe forms of the disease, previously avoided because the disease was contracted early in life and attenuated by maternal antibodies. However, it is still unclear whether this change in disease expression increases the global mortality it induces because the disease becomes more severe and also less frequent. Here, we use a mathematical model to link population fragmentation with the hypothesis of Zinkernagel. Firstly, we show that there is a change in the severity of the disease during the fragmentation process, especially at a local scale, suggesting that host population fragmentation could be a widespread mechanism of disease emergence. Secondly, we show that the emergence of the severe form of the disease can lead to a significant increase in its induced mortality. Finally, we determine the types of interactions for which the fragmentation of the host population could be the most dangerous.
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- David Fouchet
- UMR-CNRS 5558, Université Lyon 1, 43 Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
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Hunting for answers: rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) population trends in northeastern Spain. EUR J WILDLIFE RES 2006. [DOI: 10.1007/s10344-006-0056-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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